Power Quotes
Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.
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"He was very little more than a voice."Marlow
"Do you see, Winston, that it is all perfectly in order?"O'Brien
"The Party controls all records, and we control all memories."O'Brien
"Do you understand that you will have to give me everything? Everything!"O'Brien
"What's the use of my hunting if I don't kill?"Jack Merridew
"We'll have to do without the conch."Jack Merridew
"My father is not a man to be trifled with as you have trifled with me"The Creature
"You are my creator, but I am your master"The Creature
"If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear"The Creature
"Principles won't do. Acquisitions, clothes, pretty rags—that's what he wanted."Marlow
"I heard on all sides nothing but expressions of unbounded admiration and a desire to touch the hem of my robe."Kurtz
"He wanted no more than just power."Marlow
"He had taken a high seat amongst the devils of the land."Marlow
"His ascendancy was extraordinary."Marlow
"An appeal to love, an appeal to fear—of course."Kurtz
"I've got to do something about Yossarian."Colonel Cathcart
"The strength of the vampire is that people will not believe in him."Van Helsing
"The strength of the vampire is that people will not believe in him."Van Helsing
"I've seen the devil of violence, and the devil of greed."Marlow
"Exterminate all the brutes!"Kurtz
"Everything belonged to him."Marlow
"Kurtz wanted an audience, wanted worshippers."Marlow
"Kurtz had kicked the very earth to pieces."Marlow
"Jones is gone; I am in control now."Napoleon
"Conch! Conch! We'll have the conch and I'll blow it and they'll come running."Piggy
"Who gives a damn about the conch now?"Jack Merridew
"We are the eaters of meat now."Jack Merridew
"I could blow the conch again and summon them all."Ralph
"Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful."The Creature
"The blood is the life"Count Dracula